Question: Can You Touch Mercury? Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. Although it has been removed from most thermometers, you can still find it in thermostats and fluorescent lights. Do you know what happens if you touch mercury or whether it is safe? Here's a look at what to expect and the health hazards of touching liquid mercury. Also, find out what to do in the event of a spill. Answer: It's never safe to touch mercury. You'll hear older people tell you how it used to be common to use liquid mercury in labs and poke at it with fingers and pencils.
Ortofon is a Danish manufacturer of electronic audio equipment. It is the world's largest producer of magnetic cartridges for phonograph turntables, with 500,000 cartridges sold annually. The company was founded by engineers Arnold Poulsen and Axel Petersen in 1918.
Fons et origo is a Latin term meaning source and origin. Typical usage of the term describes Athens as the fons et origo of democracy, or Italy as the fons et origo of classical music. Lancelot Ware (1915â2000), the founder of Mensa, was awarded the honorary title Fons et Origo by the society in 1987. References. Collected Works. I seem to be the fons et origo of all the evil imputed to the [Indian] Congress. (1943) Quoted in Gandhi and Churchill by Arthur Herman, (2008) Bantam Dell, NY, NY